SECTION LEXTUS. 



48. LENTUS. ABERRANT SPECIES AS TO SHAPE. IN- 

 FUNDIBULIFORM, GIBBOUS, OR VERY MINUTE. 



CRATERELLUS. Infundibuliform, brown now. described as 

 white or yellow, and it may have been white. Spores abundant, 4 x 5, 

 hyaline, smooth. Only known from original collection at Kew from 

 Cuba. 



CONFUSUS (Fig. 476). In shape, size, and color apparently 

 the same as the preceding' and so originally determined. Spores 3-4 x 

 12-14. Known from a collection from Louisiana, sent by Ellis to Kew. 



Fig. 476 



Lentus confusus. 



Fig. 477 

 Lentus Tuba. 



Fig. 478 



Lentus acicula 

 (enlarged six time*). 



TUBA (Fig. 477). Peculiar, gibbous shape which has been in- 

 accurately described as cup-shaped. Known only from the original 

 collection at Kew from Cuba. 



ACICULA (Fig. 478). If it is a Polyponis. and I can not say it 

 is not, it is unique in its small size, not much larger than a pin 

 and known from a single specimen from Cuba at Kew. 



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